Toward a Theory of the Pragmatic A Priori. From Carnap to Lewis and Beyond
Rudolf Carnap and the Legacy of Logical Empiricism 16:113 - 132 (2012)
| Abstract | The aim of this paper is make a contribution to the ongoing search for an adequate concept of the a priori element in scientific knowledge. The point of departure is C.I. Lewis’s account of a pragmatic a priori put forward in his "Mind and the World Order" (1929). Recently, Hasok Chang in "Contingent Transcendental Arguments for Metaphysical Principles" (2008) reconsidered Lewis’s pragmatic a priori and proposed to conceive it as the basic ingredient of the dynamics of an embodied scientific reason. The present paper intends to further elaborate Chang’s account by relating it with some conceptual tools from cognitive semantics and certain ideas that first emerged in the context of the category-theoretical foundations of mathematics. | |||||||||
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
  |
| External links | This entry has no external links. Add one. |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesThomas Mormann (2012). A Place for Pragmatism in the Dynamics of Reason? Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 43 (1): 27 - 37.
Eric Dayton, Clarence Irving Lewis. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Clarence Irving Lewis (1923). A Pragmatic Conception of the a Priori. Journal of Philosophy 20 (7):169-177.
Tuomas E. Tahko (2008). A New Definition of A Priori Knowledge: In Search of a Modal Basis. Metaphysica 9 (2):57-68.
Sandra B. Rosenthal (1987). The Pragmatic a Priori: Lewis and Dewey. Southern Journal of Philosophy 25 (1):109-121.
Lillian U. Pancheri (1971). James, Lewis and the Pragmatic a Priori. Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 7 (3):135 - 149.
Glen Hoffmann (2011). Two Kinds of A Priori Infallibility. Synthese 181 (2):241-253.
Robin Haack (1979). The Pragmatic A Priori: A Study in the Epistemology of C. I. Lewis (Review). Journal of the History of Philosophy 17 (3):363-364.
Patricia Kauark-Leite (2010). Transcendental Philosophy and Quantum Theory. Manuscrito – Rev. Int. Fil 33 (1):243-267.
Thomas Oberdan (1990). Positivism and the Pragmatic Theory of Observation. PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1990:25 - 37.
Steffen Borge (2003). The Word of Others. Journal of Applied Logic 1 (1-2):107-118.
Tuomas E. Tahko (2011). A Priori and A Posteriori: A Bootstrapping Relationship. Metaphysica 12 (2):151-164.
Nate Charlow (forthcoming). Presupposition and the a Priori. Philosophical Studies.
John Turri (2011). Contingent A Priori Knowledge. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 83 (2):327-344.
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2010-11-29Total downloads99 ( #6,311 of 549,128 )Recent downloads (6 months)24 ( #2,142 of 549,128 )How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
